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Category Archives: Apr 1977

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Punjabi Novel in English : ‘Like they do in film’

Apr 1977, New DelhiBy Chaitanya KalbagOctober 10, 2024Leave a comment

Sikh love Muslim love Sikh It is difficult to judge Indian writing in English, saturated as it often is with the smells, sights and sounds of the ethos it springs from. Punjabi writing in English is a case in point. It carries strong overtones of the earthiness and directness of the people of that region.…

The New Deal in New Delhi

Apr 1977, Reportage, Trans IndiaBy Chaitanya KalbagJuly 30, 2024Leave a comment

There had been many signs of the anti-Congress wind in the final days of the 1977 election campaign, but its magnitude amazed the canniest political forecaster. In a hurricane sweep, it snuffed out thirty years of uninterrupted Congress rule in independent India, and sent Premier Indira Gandhi, and her feared lieutenants, into sudden oblivion. The…

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